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COMMON NAME: Loggerhead Turtle

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Caretta caretta

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FAMILY: Cheloniidae

Loggerhead Turtle - shutterstock_1516322

LENGTH: 100cm

  • Red to brown/orange colour

  • Large head, wide neck and tapered carapace

  • Dominant in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden but
    may be seen of the Gulf of Oman, Arabian Gulf and
    very rarely in the Red Sea

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